Beers similar to Pass the Balaton

Sour·United States·6% ABV·One of 12 Sours in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Pass the Balaton's tart and sour character. Bright, tart and subtly funky: a cherry red saison. Pass the Balaton is a 6% ABV mixed culture sour brewed with wild cherry blossom yeast and conditioned on loads of Balaton cherries, which the brewers eased into the mixed culture barrels one by one before sunrise in the R&D Brewery. Hopped with Motueka over Rahr Pils, flaked wheat, white wheat and acidulated malt.

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10 beers like Pass the Balaton

Wild Mountain with Raspberry

Fort George Brewery

United States · American Wild Ale · 5.8%

ALTERNATIVE

75%

FLAVOUR MATCH

As with Pass the Balaton, same fruit notes and funk; adds oak notes, no floral notes.

What carries overfunkyberrysourtartfruity

Structure: very close

Compared to Pass the Balatonoakyeastyfloralcrisp

Structure: Very close — a touch more bitterness, a touch less sweetness.

Structure: very close

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Mosaic DDH Foudre Ale

Cloudwater Brew Co

United Kingdom · Dry-Hopped Sour · 6.5%

ALTERNATIVE

73%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Alongside Pass the Balaton on fruit notes and funk: adds hop character, drops wheat character.

What carries oversourtartfunkyfruityberry

Structure: very close

Compared to Pass the Balatonoakhoppycitrusywheatfloral

Structure: Same structure — body, sweetness, bitterness and texture all land on the same spot.

Structure: very close

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Scarlet

Ophiussa Brewing Co.

Portugal · Fruited Smoothie Sour · 5%

ALTERNATIVE

72%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Shares fruit notes and wheat character with Pass the Balaton; adds sweetness, a notch softer, but drops floral notes.

What carries overfruitysourtartwheatberry

Structure: a notch softer

Compared to Pass the Balatonsweetsmooth-drinkingcreamyfloralcrisp

Structure: Same structure — body, sweetness, bitterness and texture all land on the same spot.

Structure: a notch softer

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Bèrnia

Cervezas Althaia

Spain · Fruited Sour · 6.8%

72%

MATCH

Keeps fruit notes and funk like Pass the Balaton, adds oak notes, a notch stronger, drops wheat character.

Structure: a notch stronger

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Blackberry Limelight

Fort George Brewery

United States · American Wild Ale · 5.9%

71%

MATCH

A touch more citrus notes, no wheat character — fruit notes and funk as with Pass the Balaton.

Structure: very close

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Blackbird

Ophiussa Brewing Co.

Portugal · Fruited Smoothie Sour · 5%

71%

MATCH

Like Pass the Balaton on fruit notes and wheat character — adds peach notes, a notch softer, but without the floral notes.

Structure: a notch softer

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Wild Mountain Mixed Berry

Fort George Brewery

United States · American Wild Ale · 5.8%

70%

MATCH

Mirrors Pass the Balaton's fruit notes and funk — plus oak notes, minus floral notes.

Structure: very close

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Raspberry Sour Crush

10 Barrel Brewing

United States · Fruited Sour · 6.5%

70%

MATCH

Same fruit notes and wheat character as Pass the Balaton, adds refreshment, but without the funk.

Structure: very close

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Coolship Red

Allagash Brewing Company

United States · Wild Ale · 5.6%

69%

MATCH

Same fruit notes and funk as Pass the Balaton, adds oak notes, but without the wheat character.

Structure: very close

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Ten

Four Winds Brewing Co.

Canada · Sour · 6.4%

69%

MATCH

Same fruit notes and berry notes as Pass the Balaton, adds oak notes, but without the funk.

Structure: very close

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